e- (n/n) beginning, okuluva ku ntono, to start from the beginning (in giving a detailed narrative). Ka nno nduve ku ntono. Let me start from the beginning.

e-: amagi ag'enziriza, insufficiently incubated eggs which become rotten, cf. ziriza.

omumwa, enkero.

e- (n/n) very good friend.

e- lit. hands which are long, slender and weak, ow'enkonokono ( wa nkonokono), a left-handed person, cf. omukono.

confusion, bungled-up situation, cf. dibaga.

e- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

e- (n/n) soot; dirt, filth; fig. slanderous reproach, kukola bya nziro, to do evil/ bad/nasty things. Tasiize balala enziro. He has not heaped abuse on others.

ereere.

e- (n/n) remainder; surplus, with the -a of rel. surplus, spare, emmere ey* en- fissi, surplus food, ebiseera byo eby'enfis- si, your spare time. cf. fikka.

e- (n/n) short stick with a knob at the end used for beating bigogo (fresh plantain fibers used as a sponge).

huge person, giant of a person, ekkazi linnamu- diguli, a woman of enormous proportions.

tear off, rip off.

e- (n/n) fruit of the muziru tree, q.v.

obwereere.

e- (n/n) den, lair; hideout; haunt, cf. ekifo.

e- (n/n) throwing stick, stick for knocking fruit down from a tree, particularly mpafu.

a very fat woman, cf. ekiduduli.

search for.

e- (n/n) dispute, arguing.

e- the form of -ddugavu, black, used before nouns of the n/n class and plural nouns of the lu/n class, engatto enzirugavu, black shoes.

n., kyefuula.

e- (n/n) tortoise, turtle.

etc.

e- (n/n) young bush grass.

e- (n/n) kind of black insect which drips moisture off trees; mistletoe, Viscum album, cf. ddugala, ddugaza.

become, okusannyalala, okuzingalala.

e- (n/n) way of ruling, way of governing; rule, government, enfuga ey'ekibiina ekimu, one-party rule, eby'enfuga, governmental matters, enkola yaffe ey'eby'enfuga, our system of government, cf. fuga.

e- (n/n) way of crying out; way of singing, cf. kooka.

God. cf. igereka.

e- (n/n) bad smell, stink, okuwunya entoowooko, to have a very bad smell.

e- (n/n) manner of running (an operation); direction, management, cf. dduka, ddukanya.

amasannyalaze.

e- (n/n) half-throw in wrestling, ku- kuba nfuka, to repel, repulse (but not to defeat conclusively), cf. fuka.

e- (n/n) kind of bushy shrub or tree, Dombeya bagshawei & dawei.

e- (n/n) fiscal strike.

e- (n/n) method/way of beating barkcloth with a patterning mallet, nzituzo, q.v. cf. ttula.

okubala.

e-: enfukaamirizi z'ekyalo, the outskirts of a village, ennyumba enfukaamirizi, outlying houses. cf. fukamira.

e- (n/n) shrub producing a beanlike fruit; the fruit of the shrub.

e- (n/n) fork (for eating), okuba n'entoozi, to have light fingers (of a thief); to be skilled in catching the ball (of a goalkeeper in soccer) cf. toola.

e- (n/n) patterning mallet, mallet with fine grooves for the final beating of barkcloth. cf. ttula.

ngi lukulubenje; vide nfaafa.

e- (n/n) area which has been dug up (e.g., by a small animal), burrow, cf. fukula.

e- (n/n) bonfire; smoldering fire. cf. ekikoomi.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also mugoya.

e-: okusala entotto, to be indecisive, hesitate between courses; to go into useless details. Lumusaza entotto. He is critically ill (lu- implies olumbe).

e- (n/n) far side/other side of a hill, enzivuunuko w'olusozi, the other side of the hill. cf. vvuunuka.

omubiikira, (African) omunnabiikira.

e- (n/n) a fine/generous/hospitable/ well-behaved person.

e- (n/n) back of the head, okukuba enkoona, to turn one's back to; to go away from, leave behind, okulaba omulabe ku nkoona, to defeat the enemy, lit. see the enemy on the back of his head, okusuulira enkoona, to toss the head back, omwaka ogukubiddwa enkoona, the year which has just passed.

e- (n/n) kind of small fish.

e- (n/n) manner/way of translating; translation, cf. vvuunula. nzizi, e- plur. of oluzzi, q.v. nziziiri, e- (n/n) a kind of black beetle found near bodies of water, cf. obuziziiri.

a bufumbo, a bugole.

e- (n/n) labia minora.

e- (n/n) open-billed stork.

very large, nnamugundu w' embizzi, a huge Pig-

q.v.

e- plur. (n/n) strips of bark from the mu tuba tree.

e- (n/n) hardwood tree, Teclea grandi- folia, I. nobilis, used for making barkcloth mallets, sticks, walking-sticks, etc.; per ext. beating with a stick; beating. Yamu- wuula enzo, he beat him hard.

n., omulezi, omujjanjabi.

e- (n/n) black rail; water-hen.

e- (n/n) bunch of plantains/bananas. See ekiwagu. cf. nnamukota.

plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.

e- (n/n) savor, flavor (of food); sense, meaning, significance; truth, okuggwamu

e- (n/n) quagmire; fig. precarious position, cf. tubira.

v. (child), okulera; (sick) okujjanjaba, okulwaza.

e- (n/n) disease of the eustachian tube.

e- with the -a of rel. with a rnrverl neck.

considered to be of great help (-juna, q.v.) to the people.